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Read the press release.

Since launching last November, the GreenChill Advanced Refrigeration Partnership has nearly tripled its membership and prevented emissions of 2.5 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent, equal to the annual emissions of almost 500,000 cars.

GreenChill is an EPA cooperative alliance with the supermarket industry and suppliers to promote advanced technologies, strategies, and practices that reduce emissions of stratospheric ozone-depleting substances and greenhouse gases.

Read the full post in the Chicago Tribune’s The Stew blog. Most of the post discusses the “healthier” (although certainly not healthy) items vendors are required to include this year. However, there is this tidbit midway through the post:

Daley, who delivered a few remarks to a couple of hundred beneath a giant white tent, said this year’s Taste will recycle its cooking oil into bio-diesel fuel. He said, “Because the price of gas is going up there are going to be more people staying closer to home [this summer].” So he urged those people to carpool to Taste of Chicago. He said brochures handed out at the festival will advocate recycling your plates and bottles.

The Green Cleaning Pollution Prevention Calculator quantifies the projected environmental benefits of purchasing and using “green” janitorial services and products. It is designed to forecast the environmental benefits of reducing chemical use by doing some or all pollution prevention measures typically involved in the routine interior cleaning of an office building. This tool also enables users to identify which green cleaning measures will have the greatest impact in reducing their use of hazardous chemicals and in preventing pollution. From The Office of the Federal Environmental Executive. Thanks to Beth Anderson for the pointer.